RST 242 ONB - Nature and American Culture
Campus: Urbana-Champaign
Description:
Appreciation and critique of cultural meanings associated with American natural landscapes. Traditional perspectives including colonial American, romantic, and science-based conservation are characterized, as well as revisionist themes aligned with gender, cultural pluralism, and societal meanings of parks and protected areas. Implications of diversity in cultural meanings toward nature are developed and provide the basis for assessing tenets of contemporary environmental policy and supporting concepts associated with community-based conservation. Course Information: Same as LA 242 and NRES 242.
Special Instructions:
Meets Second 8 weeks. This is an asynchronous online course using Illinois Compass for all course instruction and interaction. You will receive an email from the instructor with specific directives.
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Number of Required Visit(s): 0Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit: 3
Term(s): Fall , Spring
